Ancient names, who and who of Hindu hindu mythology, vedic names - P

Panchajanya

Name of
Krishna's conch.

Palasa

A tree, also called the
"flame of the forest".

Panchala

Panchala corresponds to
the geographical area between the
Ganges
River and
Yamuna
River around the city of
Kanpur and
Benares.
Anciently, it was home to an
Indian
Kingdom, the Panchalas,
one of the Mahajanapadas.

Panchali

Another name of
Draupadi, Queen of the Pandavas and daughter of King Drupada.

Panchalya

A son of King Drupada
who died in the war.

Panchvati

The place beside the
river
Godavari where Rama, Sita and Laxmana
stayed in exile.

Pandavas

Pandavas are the five
acknowledged sons of Pandu, by his two wives Kunti and Madri. They are
Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna and Nakula , Sahadeva.

Pandu

Second son of Vichitravirya
and Ambalika who succeeded to the throne of Hastinapura on his father's death,
as his elder brother Dhritarashtra was born blind, father of the Pandavas.

Paramhamsa

The supreme swan.

Parasara

A great sage, father of
Veda Vyasa.

Parashurama

Sixth avatara of
Vishnu, the son of Jamadagni. His name literally means Rama-with-the-axe. He
received an axe after undertaking a terrible penance to please Shiva, from whom
he learned the methods of warfare and other skills. Parashurama's creation was
a mistake as his mother was given a concoction made to produce a Kshatriya
child. Parashurama was of mixed
varna.

Partha

Another name of Arjuna.

Paravasu

Son of Raibhva and elder
brother of Arvavasu whose wife was violated by Yavakrida, who was killed with a
spear by a friend for his sin.

Parikshit

Son of Abhimanyu and
grandson of the Pandavas who was crowned King after the holocaust claimed the
Kauravas and the Pandavas.

Parada

The name of a brahman who
brought news of Nala to Damayanti.

Parvati

Goddess of love, the
consort of Shiva and mother of Ganesha and Karthikeya.

Pasupatastra

Pasupatastra is the
irresistible and most destructive personal weapon of Siva.

Paurava

A Kaurava hero.

Pavanrekha

Wife of Ugrasena,
mother of Kamsa.

Phalguna

Arjuna.

Pitamaha

Literally means
grandfather. Bhishma.

Prabhasa

The Vasu who seized
Vasishtha's divine cow.

Pradyumna

Son of
Krishna and Rukmani.

Prahasta

Means long-head, One of
Ravana's generals slain by Nila.

Prajapati

Prajapatis are a group
(or one) of creation gods, children of Brahma, including Daksha.

Prasad

Food or other offerings,
considered to be sanctified, after being presented to God. Naivedhya.

Pratikhami

Duryodhana's
charioteer.

Prayag

The holy place where
Ganga and Jamuna meet.

Pritha

Mother of Karna and of the
Pandavas; equvivalent Kunti.

Pudarikaksha

Krishna,
the lotus-eyed one.

Purochana

An architect and friend
of Duryodhana, who built a beautiful wax palace named "Sivam" in
Varanavata.

Purumitra

A Kaurava warrior.

Purushartha

The four chief aims
of human life. Arranged from lowest to highest, these goals are sensual pleasures (
kama), worldly
status and security (artha), personal righteousness and social morality
(dharma), and liberation from the cycle of reincarnation (moksha).

Purushottama

An
epithet of Sri Krishna. It is one of the names of Vishnu and means the
Supreme and ideal most amoung men.

Pushkara

The brother of Nala to
whom nala lost his Kingdom and all that he possessed in gambling.